Hiking photos - Brush-rest Mountain, Sept. 5 2009
Brush-rest Mountain is named for its peculiar yet distinctive shape – a series of sharp points that look a lot like the type of brush rest commonly used by Chinese watercolour painters. We visited on September 5th for a walk up and down valleys, over Great Wall, and through a whole lot of leaves and bushes. The sky was cloudy and misty, which made the temperature cooler.
Statistics: 4 hours hiking (5.75 hours start to finish) over 13km (average moving speed 3.2km/hr); start height 801m, highest point 1235m (second section of Great Wall tower crossed), lowest point 688m (valley in the middle), total climbing 688m. Estimated 2079kCal burned.

The peaks of Brush-rest Mountain.

A type of flower named aster.

We met some horse riders.

Lunch break on the first section of Great Wall.

Down into the middle valley, wall in front.

Fields of corn.

Flowers.

Grassy unfarmed meadows.

Flowers in the valley.

Short break on the second section of wall, 1235m above sea level.

Another view of the peaks.

Purple flowers.

Down the ridge and past the wall, heading for the village.

Snacks and drinks in the village, with an audience.